April 20, 1944

Dear Mom

I am very sorry to read that Lindie and Pete have measles. I certainly hope that you don't come down with them. At any rate they followed the right order first me, then Pete and Lindy.

Thank you for all the people you know; I'll go around and see them on my day off. I'm going in to Chicago as soon as I get settled down a little more I haven't started school yet Chicago is supposed to be a wonderful place for service men. Madison is of course a paradise compared with north Texas. There are plenty of girls, excellent dances every night at several places, and not too many soldiers. I will be sorry to leave.

By the way, air mail is becoming rather expensive isn't it? I suppose I will have to cut down on the number of air mail letters I send.

The doctor up here doesn't have the same opinion as the one at Sheppard. I get no more sterile milk, now I am to take no hot showers, all my pimples get lanced, I get ultraviolet, and some sort of lotion that cuts down on the output of the skin oil glands. So ----------. The doc contemplated using me as a test case for penicillin, but decided my case wasn't bad enough. So I missed glory.

Your vegetable garden sounds wonderful. I wish I could be home to eat all those things, It took the army to make me realise [sic] what excellent food I was getting at home. I'm also glad that you have found a helper for the house.

My love to you

Linus